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shisha

British  
/ ˈʃiːʃə /

noun

  1. another name for hookah

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of shisha

C21: from Persian shishe a bottle


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Arcaded buildings glowed as friends gathered over shisha, families strolled with children and couples lingered over coffee.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Next to the targeted warehouse where, according to the owner, they keep cars, there’s a big market selling shisha and coals for the shisha.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2024

Mr. Al Misned welcomed a photographer and me at one of the houses on the property, and then drove us on a tour of the estate, which also includes a shisha lounge and a gym.

From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2022

On the man-made Al Maha Island, a crowd of World Cup fans and locals lounged at an upscale beach club, pulling on shisha tobacco pipes and dipping into a swimming pool.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2022

Now when the legal period of mourning was over, there came to Raishu, from the Tokoyo palace, a shisha, or royal messenger.

From Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn

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